Genes, markets, companies and AI all optimize for their rewards, so design incentives carefully
brucemacv · x · 2026-10-21
A pithy observation: genes, markets, companies, and AI systems all optimize for whatever they are rewarded for — so incentive design deserves extreme care at every level.
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